P5Q support 45nm native?

[eckosof]

just bought the P5Q pro p45 board, was wondering if it supports the 45nm chips out of the box?

here is link to said board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

Thank you in advance

 

[Proximon]

Should. My P5Q-E was flashed at the shop, but I don't think he had to put in a lower CPU to do it.

 

[dagger]

Yes, all p45 chipset boards support 45nm duals/quads out of the box.

 

[eckosof]

wish i read this before i made me new system oh well its not like i buy first gen hardware anyways. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-chipset,1961.html

 

[dagger]

wish i read this before i made me new system oh well its not like i buy first gen hardware anyways. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-chipset,1961.html

Not to put down tomshardware, but some parts of that review is absolute BS. Take the "fsb wall" they mentioned, for example. 4x488? No improvement? Seriously, what the hell? A lot of people in this forum get much higher than that at home.

The current oc record is held by p45, at 4x724mhz fsb... on air.
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7880.html

 

[Proximon]

Not to put down tomshardware, but some parts of that review is absolute BS. Take the "fsb wall" they mentioned, for example. 4x488? No improvement? Seriously, what the hell? A lot of people in this forum get much higher than that at home.

The current oc record is held by p45, at 4x724mhz fsb... on air.
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7880.html

Yep

The thing about solitary reviews and PC hardware, there is a lot of room for operator or hardware error. Bad parts happen. Bad settings happen. You have to look at all the reviews, find posts from people that clearly have some clue across the internet, then decide.

I think that record may have fallen already. They are fun to watch, but of course they are just for fun. You can't actually do anything on those machines. Now, if he played Crysis for 2 hours at 5Ghz with good frame rates, that would be something.